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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1992 VOLUME 52, ISSUE 51 L Covernton is number one pick for Canadian Football League p. 10 The I IGNPO WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UT " -i Senators kill radio bill and amendments ASWSU SENATE: All compromises rejected as bill dies. Voting on other issues delayed by law. By LAURIE M.WIRTH News editor of The Signpost Monday Weber's Student Senate voted to kill a bill that would require the campus radio station to add four more hours of diverse programming per day, despite a petition signed by 250 students asking for the change. In addition, senators voted against an amendment that would change the required diversity programming to three hours a " week instead of four hours a day, and also voted against another amendment to require KWCR to seriously discuss the possibility of changing the format in a staff meeting. Brad Allen, physically challenged senator and sponsor of the bill, said the three hours a week is representative of the number of people in the petition. The precedent which would have been set if the amended bill had passed "frightens me a little bit," said Brad Wilson, KWCR station manager. He said 14.3 percent of the station's current programming a week is already different from the regular format, such as the station's Sunday Spanish program. Wilson said he was a little alarmed at the Student Senate having the authority and power to tell organizations what to produce. He said if there was a feasible way to implement the proposed format, the station would do it; but they are unsure it is a viable option. "I feel this is something that should be decided by the staff at KWCR," Wilson said. Senators rejected the petitioner's argument that the need for a format change is an issue of multicultural diversity. Despite his sponsorship of the bill, Allen said he felt things got blown out of proportion and that the issue of racism and multic-ulturalism didn't belong in the bill at all. Allen said he hopes multiculturalism and diversity did not get a bad name because of the issue. "But music is a part of culture and these people have a right to be heard," he said. He also noted student fees go to the radio station, therefore students have the right to voice their opinions. "Who are you representing? The will of the radio station, or the will of the students?" Allen asked Wilson. But Wilson said KWCR is doing its best to serve campus and the community in their current format. "We might be wrong. I guess that's what will be decided today," he said. He said there may have been underlying motives in regard to the initiation of the bill, "but they are not reflected in the amended bill," Allen said. "Using words such as censorship is what I wonder about," said Tad Purser, businesseconomics senator. He said it is not an issue of censorship when students pay fees and senate represents their views. "I can see (See SENATE page 3) 3-A Basketball Tournament it A -A BftlAN SCHELEIWf SIGNPOST OGDEN GUARD NEAL GEDDES fries to drive past the defense of Bountiful's Jamie Jones In the Oopening round of the men's 3-A state tournament Monday. Ogden, hoping to repeat as state champions, won 67-62. V . , .. TTTT Li LIBRARY BONDING: WSU needs more books, but money must come from another source. By RACHAEL MATTHIES Staff writer of The Signpost The Utah Legislature granted Weber State the entire $1.6 million requested for improvements to the Stewart Library, but the money is earmarked for the building itself instead, not for the purchase of desperatly needed books, said WSU student body president Shane Stewart. The bond does not address problems the WSU library faces, Stewart said, because Weber's library needs "hard monies for acquisitions," espe- li m i mi i ding; books not included daily books. The Stewart Library has ample room, but not enough books and documents to fill the room, he said. However, "as far as Weber State goes, (the bond) can't hurt," Stewart said. The Library Construction Bond proposal was voted on by Utah legislators last Wednesday, the last day of the 49th session. Utah's colleges and universities petitioned legislators for a $38 million statewide bond to expand the libraries of the nine institutions. Bonds wereissued according to the need of each higher education institution in the state, Stewart said. For example, the Universtiy of Utah needs more space for books and documents. A bond is really like a mortgage, said Rep. Byron Anderson, D-Weber. A bond allows for the building of facilities now, rather than waiting to generate the funds for construction. Utah only uses short-term bonds. The proposal for Urgent Student Support would appropriate part of the 6 percent tuition increase toward library collections, academic advising, student counseling and instructional equipment. Instead of tuition increase funds entirely going to the state's "black hole of money, some would come back to the schools in the form of quality increases," Stewart said. Doug Peterson, student regent, said the matching funds for acquisitions that happened last year by fund-raising was not included in the Urgent Student Support this year. For the state to match funds for universities, the universities must raise the money by fund-raising, he said. However, it was an inefficient way to raise money. "Fund-raising costs (See LIBRARY page 2) A bond Is like a mortgage, allowing for the building of facilities now, rather than waiting to generate the funds for Utah only uses short-term bonds. WSU to build zero-emissions, half-electric car Ford Escort will run off batteries in the city, utilize gasoline engine for longer trips By GREG WEBBER Staff writer of The Signpost Ford Motor Company has given Weber State engineers the "green flag" to design and build an environmentally-friendly electric car in the Ford Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Challenge. WSU students who work on this project will compete against 29 schools from the United States and Canada who will convert Escort station wagons donated by Ford into hybrid electric vehicles, which can run either on electricity or gasoline. HEV's may be a feasible way to lessen automobile emissions in the next decade. California recently passed a law requiring that a certain percentage of cars sold in the next few years have "zero emissions." Hybrid electric vehicles could help auto-makers comply with such laws. Dave Erb, lead faculty advisor for the Weber State HEV Project Team, said that WSU project officials recently met with Ford officials and the other 29 teams in Dearborn, Mich. "The organizers at Ford were very complimentary of WSU's proposal," Erb said. He said Ford officials indicated that it was among the five best proposals. "This is a huge project. It will take a lot of time and effort. Anybod y who is interested in the project, no matter what their major is, can get involved and have a positive impact," Erb stated. Students in engineering technology, as well as those in some other fields can earn senior projects credit for their work on the HEV Project Team, Erb said. He mentioned that students who are involved in this project will be heavily recruited by the car industry. WSU's hybrid electric vehicle will compete against similar vehicles from other schools in June,1993 at the Ford Proving Grounds in Michigan. 'This is not the ultimate solution to pol-(See ELECTRIC page 2) WEATHER Increasing clouds Thursday with scattered showers developing. Partly cloudy and a little cooler with scattered showers Friday and Saturday. Highs Thursday in the 50s to lower 60s, cooling to the mid 40s to upper 50s Friday and Saturday. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s. INSIDE ARTS: Theater explores life without black inventions, p. 8 SPORTS: Track teams break four school records while in Idaho over the weekend, p. 10

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1992 VOLUME 52, ISSUE 51 L Covernton is number one pick for Canadian Football League p. 10 The I IGNPO WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UT " -i Senators kill radio bill and amendments ASWSU SENATE: All compromises rejected as bill dies. Voting on other issues delayed by law. By LAURIE M.WIRTH News editor of The Signpost Monday Weber's Student Senate voted to kill a bill that would require the campus radio station to add four more hours of diverse programming per day, despite a petition signed by 250 students asking for the change. In addition, senators voted against an amendment that would change the required diversity programming to three hours a " week instead of four hours a day, and also voted against another amendment to require KWCR to seriously discuss the possibility of changing the format in a staff meeting. Brad Allen, physically challenged senator and sponsor of the bill, said the three hours a week is representative of the number of people in the petition. The precedent which would have been set if the amended bill had passed "frightens me a little bit," said Brad Wilson, KWCR station manager. He said 14.3 percent of the station's current programming a week is already different from the regular format, such as the station's Sunday Spanish program. Wilson said he was a little alarmed at the Student Senate having the authority and power to tell organizations what to produce. He said if there was a feasible way to implement the proposed format, the station would do it; but they are unsure it is a viable option. "I feel this is something that should be decided by the staff at KWCR," Wilson said. Senators rejected the petitioner's argument that the need for a format change is an issue of multicultural diversity. Despite his sponsorship of the bill, Allen said he felt things got blown out of proportion and that the issue of racism and multic-ulturalism didn't belong in the bill at all. Allen said he hopes multiculturalism and diversity did not get a bad name because of the issue. "But music is a part of culture and these people have a right to be heard," he said. He also noted student fees go to the radio station, therefore students have the right to voice their opinions. "Who are you representing? The will of the radio station, or the will of the students?" Allen asked Wilson. But Wilson said KWCR is doing its best to serve campus and the community in their current format. "We might be wrong. I guess that's what will be decided today," he said. He said there may have been underlying motives in regard to the initiation of the bill, "but they are not reflected in the amended bill," Allen said. "Using words such as censorship is what I wonder about," said Tad Purser, businesseconomics senator. He said it is not an issue of censorship when students pay fees and senate represents their views. "I can see (See SENATE page 3) 3-A Basketball Tournament it A -A BftlAN SCHELEIWf SIGNPOST OGDEN GUARD NEAL GEDDES fries to drive past the defense of Bountiful's Jamie Jones In the Oopening round of the men's 3-A state tournament Monday. Ogden, hoping to repeat as state champions, won 67-62. V . , .. TTTT Li LIBRARY BONDING: WSU needs more books, but money must come from another source. By RACHAEL MATTHIES Staff writer of The Signpost The Utah Legislature granted Weber State the entire $1.6 million requested for improvements to the Stewart Library, but the money is earmarked for the building itself instead, not for the purchase of desperatly needed books, said WSU student body president Shane Stewart. The bond does not address problems the WSU library faces, Stewart said, because Weber's library needs "hard monies for acquisitions," espe- li m i mi i ding; books not included daily books. The Stewart Library has ample room, but not enough books and documents to fill the room, he said. However, "as far as Weber State goes, (the bond) can't hurt," Stewart said. The Library Construction Bond proposal was voted on by Utah legislators last Wednesday, the last day of the 49th session. Utah's colleges and universities petitioned legislators for a $38 million statewide bond to expand the libraries of the nine institutions. Bonds wereissued according to the need of each higher education institution in the state, Stewart said. For example, the Universtiy of Utah needs more space for books and documents. A bond is really like a mortgage, said Rep. Byron Anderson, D-Weber. A bond allows for the building of facilities now, rather than waiting to generate the funds for construction. Utah only uses short-term bonds. The proposal for Urgent Student Support would appropriate part of the 6 percent tuition increase toward library collections, academic advising, student counseling and instructional equipment. Instead of tuition increase funds entirely going to the state's "black hole of money, some would come back to the schools in the form of quality increases," Stewart said. Doug Peterson, student regent, said the matching funds for acquisitions that happened last year by fund-raising was not included in the Urgent Student Support this year. For the state to match funds for universities, the universities must raise the money by fund-raising, he said. However, it was an inefficient way to raise money. "Fund-raising costs (See LIBRARY page 2) A bond Is like a mortgage, allowing for the building of facilities now, rather than waiting to generate the funds for Utah only uses short-term bonds. WSU to build zero-emissions, half-electric car Ford Escort will run off batteries in the city, utilize gasoline engine for longer trips By GREG WEBBER Staff writer of The Signpost Ford Motor Company has given Weber State engineers the "green flag" to design and build an environmentally-friendly electric car in the Ford Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Challenge. WSU students who work on this project will compete against 29 schools from the United States and Canada who will convert Escort station wagons donated by Ford into hybrid electric vehicles, which can run either on electricity or gasoline. HEV's may be a feasible way to lessen automobile emissions in the next decade. California recently passed a law requiring that a certain percentage of cars sold in the next few years have "zero emissions." Hybrid electric vehicles could help auto-makers comply with such laws. Dave Erb, lead faculty advisor for the Weber State HEV Project Team, said that WSU project officials recently met with Ford officials and the other 29 teams in Dearborn, Mich. "The organizers at Ford were very complimentary of WSU's proposal," Erb said. He said Ford officials indicated that it was among the five best proposals. "This is a huge project. It will take a lot of time and effort. Anybod y who is interested in the project, no matter what their major is, can get involved and have a positive impact," Erb stated. Students in engineering technology, as well as those in some other fields can earn senior projects credit for their work on the HEV Project Team, Erb said. He mentioned that students who are involved in this project will be heavily recruited by the car industry. WSU's hybrid electric vehicle will compete against similar vehicles from other schools in June,1993 at the Ford Proving Grounds in Michigan. 'This is not the ultimate solution to pol-(See ELECTRIC page 2) WEATHER Increasing clouds Thursday with scattered showers developing. Partly cloudy and a little cooler with scattered showers Friday and Saturday. Highs Thursday in the 50s to lower 60s, cooling to the mid 40s to upper 50s Friday and Saturday. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s. INSIDE ARTS: Theater explores life without black inventions, p. 8 SPORTS: Track teams break four school records while in Idaho over the weekend, p. 10